Teens And Smoking Cigarette

Teens know that cigarette smoking can cause lung cancer, emphysema, and even death. However, one of four teenagers in secondhand smoke, despite being aware of these dangers.

Smoking and peer pressure

Young people are at high risk for experimentation with behaviors such as smoking, because they want as part of colleagues. Studies have shown that adolescents who smoke their friends, nine times more likely than those who smoke their friends not to smoke. Unfortunately, young people often underestimate the addictiveness of cigarettes. Symptoms of dependence (the urge to smoke not to smoke when you feel tense, do not quit smoking) may occur within weeks start smoking, even if only occasionally. Furthermore, the first begins in a teen smoking, the more likely that the dependence occurs.

Influence of Parents

The parents clearly show that they refuse to smoke more influence on their children than they think. And if you smoke, it is a good time to be give up smoking, children of parents who smoke are twice as likely to cigarettes than those whose parents are smokers try. Even if they are not ready to give up smoking is not a reason to avoid talking to your child about cigarettes.

It’s never too early to raise the issue of smoking. Most children say who smoke, they tried their first cigarette at age 13 or younger!

Getting Started

A good way to open the debate, ask your child if he knows why smoking is harmful. She will probably know the long-term effects, but most children are not aware of other negative consequences could begin immediately after smoking occur such as:

1. Teens who smoke are more susceptible to disease than those without, and they have difficulty recovering from the disease.
2. Smoking causes premature wrinkles and bad breath.
3. Those who smoke are more prone to tooth decay.
4. The consumption of cigarettes can cause shortness of breath, which can interfere with sports or physical activity.
5. Smoking during adolescence increases the risk of developing an anxiety disorder.
6. Cigarettes are expensive. Smokers spend hundreds of dollars a year on cigarettes, the money could be spent for something else.

How to teach your children to say no to

One of the best ways to help their children be free from smoke, help them feel good about themselves. Young people who have a chance, proud of themselves through achievements in areas such as music, sports or clubs, they feel less need for the joy of looking at other ways.

Teach your child an independent thinker. It requires a good strength and practice saying “no” when others are keen to try a cigarette. Help your child prepare for these situations so difficult to scenarios by how they work:

1. Your friend tells you that it is a party tonight at the beach with alcohol! It shows that you sleep up to their parents and slides out the window of his bedroom, we all know never wait, you’re gone.
2. A child in school has a problem stuttering. All the other children laugh at him, imitating his speech, including friends. Pity the child but do not want your friends to make merry in the face for him.
3. Your best friend was too busy with his math homework. She asks if you can copy your answers, will kill your parents, if you set a bad sign!

Repeat repeat repeat

Help your child resist peer pressure to smoke is not the time, of course. They should express themselves, help your child develop skills to resist risky behaviors such as smoking, and further discussions during adolescence. If your child’s high school without developing the habit, it is likely not to smoke in adulthood.